my first attempt at graphics. what do you think?
(url="http://"http://www.crosswinds.net/~rapier13/render.jpg")http://www.crosswind...er13/render.jpg(/url)

I think you need to create an HTML page on which to put it. The overbearing service that you are on re-directed me to this URL whenever I clicked on your link or typed in the URL manually:
(url="http://"http://home.crosswinds.net/stopit.php")http://home.crosswinds.net/stopit.php(/url)

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good point. crosswinds does suck @$$, reguardless, here it is
(url="http://"http://www.crosswinds.net/~rapier13/index.html")http://www.crosswind...er13/index.html(/url)

it looks pretty good. I don't know much about graphics and the like, so I can't tell you anything that's specifically good/bad about it. The only thing I noticed is that the sphere doesn't appear to be a perfect sphere. Is that intentional?

Anyway, much better than anything I could do, that's for sure.

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Originally posted by MisterT:
The only thing I noticed is that the sphere doesn't appear to be a perfect sphere. Is that intentional?
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Yeah, as my first attempt, i gave it an unnecessary bump map. Please forgive me for inflicting that horror upon you :). I sat down yesterday to produce a significantly better weapon. Much more flowing, and interesting. I bring you the mass acclererator!
(url="http://"http://www.crosswinds.net/~rapier13/index.html")http://www.crosswind...er13/index.html(/url)

PS: I am using that site to mark my progress into rendering, feel free to to check in often and steal my ideas